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Small cuttlefish with a brown body, bright yellow edges, and bold purple and white markings.

Flamboyant cuttlefish

Ascarosepion pfefferi
Where at Shedd?
Wild Reef
Diet Small, bony fish and crustaceans 
Size Length: up to 8 cm 
Type Octopuses & Cuttlefish
Range Eastern Indian and West Central Pacific Oceans 
Habitat Coral reefs and shallow sand and mud in tropical waters 

Did you know?

  1. The muscle tissue of flamboyant cuttlefish are highly poisonous, but they cannot inject toxins through bite or sting.